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EDUCATION ACT OF 1865 



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TOGETHER WITH 



Additional Related Legislation and all Regula- 
tions that have appeared in reference to 
Education since the passing of Act No. 
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rescission thereof, as the case may he, shall have heen assented to 
by both Houses of Parliament by a resolution of each House : 
ti^deciaiSu/et ^ rovicle ^? a l so > that the " School Regulations " contained in the 
s ' schedule to this Act shall be, and the same are hereby declared to 
be, the rules and regulations touching public education for the 
time being, subject to alteration or rescission in the manner herein- 
Annual report to be bef ore set forth : Provided, always, that an annual report in detail 
meX ' e l of the existing allocation of such sums of money, specifying, as to 

teachers, whether they act or are employed as clergymen or 
preachers in any church or congregation in the Colony, or are in the 
receipt of any salary or allowance from the public revenues, shall 
be prepared by the Superintendent-General of Education, and, 
shall each year be laid before Parliament within one month of the 
Payments on account opening of its session: Provided, further, that none of the 
ment, or how ^Tbe payments authorized by that part of the said school regulations 
made - headed "Order C — Border Department, Aborigines," shall be made 

except from and out of the sum reserved by the schedule marked 
D. to the Appropriation Ordinance annexed to the Order in Council 
of the 11th of March, 1853. 
siave compensation II. The capital sums of the Slave Compensation Fund and of 
ru d nS b lo bfadS the fund in the hands of the Bible and School Commission, together 
istered by Master of with such landed and other property as is now vested in the said 
supreme court, Bible and School Commission, shall, within twelve months from 
and after the taking effect of this Act, be vested in the Master of 
the Supreme Court (in his capacity as administrator of the 
Disposal of interest Quardians Fund), and the interest on the said funds, and the 
profits of the said pioperty, shall be paid from time to time by the 
said Master to the Superintendent- General of Education, to be 
appropriated by him to the payment and training of pupil -teachers 
in mission schools established chiefly for the education of the poor, 
in accordance with such rules and regulations as aforesaid : 
Eeport of appropria- Provided that a report, signed by the Superintendent-General of 
laid Vfore^Pariia^ Education, showing the object to which such interest and profits 
ment - shall have been applied during the past year, shall be annually 

laid before both Houses of Parliament. 

schools receiving aid III. All institutions or schools supported by or from the 

served SiTeT^che"- moneys reserved under Schedule D, of the Ordinance aforesaid 

duie d subject to shall be subject to inspection by the Superintendent-General of 

inspection, &c. Education or his deputy duly appointed by the Governor, and also 

to such rules and regulations in regard to such institutions or 

schools as may, from time to time be contained in the rules and 

regulations for the time being touching public education, 

published by Proclamation as aforesaid. 

ful-eSt^ s schools IV- It shall and may be lawful for the Superintendent- 

u jec o inspection. Q enera ]_ £ Education, and he is hereby authorized and empowered, 

to inspect, whenever the Governor shall deem it expedient 

for him so to do, all schools, colleges, and other educational 

establishments that receive grants in aid from and out of the 

general revenue of the Colony, whether established under special 

Act of Parliament or otherwise. 

schools provided for Y. The Government schools now existing on the fixed 

to n be r cio S c e d e ° e ' establishment of the Colony, and provided for from and out of the 

moneys reserved under Schedule A of the Ordinance aforesaid, shall 

respectively be clos ed upon the death, resignation, retirement, or 

removal from office of the present teachers in such schools 

respectively, or at such earlier period as circumstances shall permit. 

section 32 of Act 5 " VI. The thirty-second Section of the Act No. 5, 1855, entitled 

of 1858 repeait? 14 " An Act for creating Divisional Councils in this Colony," and the 



Act No. 14, 1858, entitled " An Act for the creation of Educational 
Boards in the Field-cornetcies, Villages and Towns of this Colony, 
on which the Local Kegulations of each shall be founded," are 
hereby repealed. 

VII. This Act may be cited for all purposes as " The Education short Title. 
Act, 1865. 



SCHEDULE. 

SCHOOL REGULATIONS. 

(Order A.) 

Undenominational Public Schools. 

Conditions on which Aid will be granted by the Government in 
support of Undenominational Public Schools. 

Class I. 

Schools of the First Class in the Chief Towns of the respective 

Divisions of the Colony. 

1. Each division, where no other provision has been made from 
the public funds for higher education, shall be allowed a sum, not 
exceeding £200 per annum, in aid of the salaries of two teachers of a 
public school of the first class, to be erected in the chief town of the 
division, if the Government shall be satisfied that such chief town 
is one that ought to be provided with such a school ; a guarantee 
being furnished by the managers of the school, to the satisfaction 
of the Government, that for a period of three years, with this aid, 
the salaries to such two teachers shall be at least £250 per annum 
to the principal, and £150 per annum to the assistant, and that 
these salaries shall be duly paid. 

2. The names of the managers shall in every case be submitted 
to the Government for approval before an} T grant is made ; and the 
Government shall satisfy itself with the arrangements proposed for 
the management and maintenance of the school. The names and 
credentials of the teachers nominated by the managers, the rate of 
school-fee, and further regulations, shall be subject to the approval 
of the Government. 

3. The managers shall provide and keep in repair the necessary 
accommodation for the school and teachers, — namely, a school- 
room, with suitable offices attached, and proper school furniture, 
together with a residence for the principal teacher, or an annual 
allowance in lieu thereof, being one-fifth at least of the salary. 

4. No new grant, nor renewal or augmentation of a grant, shall 
take place until the Superintendent- General of Education is satisfied 
that suitable out-offices, and, in addition, a suitable recreation 
ground, have been provided, and that the school can efficiently 
provide for the wants of the locality. 

5. The school shall be under the management and control of 
the local managers, but shall be subject to inspection by the 
Superintendent- General of Education, or his deputy duly appointed 
by the Governor, who shall have the right of entering the school at 
any time during school hours, of examining into the state of the 
buildings, and the school furniture, of ascertaining the progress of 
the children under instruction, and of inquiring generally into the 
efficiency of the school in regard to the locality in which it is 

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placed, and of calling for such returns as lie may require, in order 
to obtain satisfactory information on these subjects. 

6. The ordinary school hours to be computed at not less than 
two hours in the forenoon and two hours in the afternoon. 

7. The managers of the school may provide for the religious 
instruction of the scholars at an hour set apart by them for that 
purpose, in addition to the ordinary school hours ; but no scholars 
shall be compelled to attend at that hour for religious instruction, 
without the consent of their parents or guardians. 

8. The subjects of instruction in a school of the first-class shall 
include reading, writing, arithmetic, English Grammar, and descrip- 
tive geography, in the primary or elementary course ; and also the 
Greek and Latin languages. English literature, history, elementary 
mathematics, and the elements of physical science, in the secondary 
or superior course. 

9. In schools attended by both sexes, provision shall be made, 
if possible, for the separation of the sexes by having separate 
apartments with the female section under a female teacher ; but 
should the inhabitants of any locality prefer the establishment of 
separate boys' and girls' schools, the Government will extend its 
aid to both, provided that the amount of population justifies the 
maintenance of separate schools. 

10. The grant in aid of the salary of the teacher in a girls' 
school of the first class shall be £50 per annum, and provision must 
be made in such a school for superior instruction in the English 
language and composition, out-lines of history and geography, 
arithmetic, plain needlework and domestic economy, as far as may 
be practicable. 

11. The Government shall have the right to appoint in each 
school of the first-class one free scholar in respect of every £20 of 
the annual amount allowed from the public revenue in aid of such 
school ; such appointments to be restricted to scholars who are 
unable from circumstances to pay the necessary school fees. 

12. The instruction during the ordinary school hours shall be 
given through the medium of the English language. 

13. Any Municipal Board or Divisional Council which shall 
raise the necessary amount and comply with the other conditions 
upon which aid is proposed to be given to undenominational public 
schools, shall be the managers of the school or schools which they 
shall so establish or they may appoint other managers if they deem 
fit ; such other managers, however, to be subject to approval by the 
Governor ; and such schools to be subject to all the regulations 
which may be imposed upon the other public schools aided from 
the Public funds. 



Class III. 

Schools of the Second Class in the Towns and Tillages of the 

Colony. 

1. Each town or village, not being the chief town of the 
division, or each chief town of a division in which a public school 
of the first class cannot be established, shall be allowed a sum in 
aid of the salary of a teacher to an amount ranging from £50 to £75 
per annum, a guarantee being furnished by the managers of the 
school, to the satisfaction of Government, that for three years their 
annual contribution towards the teacher's salary shall be at least 
equivalent to the grant in aid. 



2. The names of the managers shall, in every case, be submitted 
to the Government for approval before any grant is made ; and the 
Government shall satisfy itself with the arrangements proposed for 
the management and maintenance of the school. The name and 
credentials of the teacher nominated by the managers, the rate of 
school fee, and all further regulations, shall be subject to the 
approval of the Government. 

3. The managers shall provide and keep in repair the necessary 
accommodation for the school and teacher, — namely, a school-room, 
with suitable offices attached and proper school furniture, together 
with a residence for the teacher, or an annual allowance in lieu 
thereof, being one- fifth at least of the salary. 

4. No new grant, or reneAval or augmentation of a grant, shall 
take place until the Superintendent- General of Education is 
satisfied that suitable out-offices, and, in addition, a suitable 
recreation ground, have been provided, and that the school can 
efficiently provide for the want of the locality. 

5. The school shall be under the management and control 
of the local managers, but shall be subject to inspection by 
the Superintendent-General of Education, or his deput}^ duly 
appointed by the Governor, who shall have the right of entering 
the school at any time during school hours, of examining into 
the state of the buildings and the school furniture, of ascer- 
taining the progress of the children under instruction, and of 
inquiring gcneralty into the efficiency of the school in regard to 
the locality in which it is placed, and of calling for such returns 
as he may require in order to obtain satisfactory information on 
these subjects. 

6. The ordinary school hours are to be computed at not less 
than two hours in the forenoon and two hours in the afternoon. 

7. The managers of the school may provide for the religious 
instruction of the scholars, at an hour set apart by them for that 
purpose, in addition to the ordinary school hours ; but no scholars 
shall be compelled to attend at that hour for religious instruction, 
without the consent of their parents or guardians. 

8. The subject of instructions in a school of the second class 
shall include . reading, writing, arithmetic, English grammar, and 
descriptive geography, in the primary or elementary course ; and 
also the rudiments of the Latin language, plain geometry and 
elementary algebra. 

9. In schools attended by both sexes, provision shall be made, 
if possible, for the separation of the sexes by having separate 
apartments, with a female section under a female teacher ; but 
should the inhabitants of any locality prefer the establishment of 
separate boys' and girls' schools, the Government will extend its 
aid to both, provided that the amount of population justifies the 
maintenance of separate schools. 

10. The grant in aid of the salary of the teacher in a girls' 
school of the second-class shall be JCSO per annum, and provision 
must be made in such a school for instruction in, at least, reading, 
writing, elementary arithmetic and plain needlework. 

11. The Governor shall have the right to appoint in each school 
of the second-class one free scholar for every £10 of the annual 
amount allowed out of the public revenue to such school ; such 
appointments to be restricted to scholars who arc unable from 
circumstances to pay the necessary school fees. 

12. The instruction during the ordinary school hours shall be 
given through the medium of the English language. 



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13. Any Municipal Board or Divisional Council which shall 
raise the necessary amount, and comply with the other conditions 
upon which aid is proposed to be given to undenominational public 
schools, shall be the managers of the school or schools which they 
shall so establish, or they may appoint other managers if they deem 
fit ; such other managers, however, to be subject to approval by 
the Governor ; and such schools to be subject to all the other 
regulations which may be imposed upon the other public schools 
aided from the public funds. 



Class III. 



Schools of the Third Class at eligible Stations among the Agricul- 
tural Population. 

1. Schools, not in towns or villages, at eligible stations among 
the agricultural population, approved by the Government, shall be 
allowed a sum of £30 per annum in aid of the salary of the teacher, 
on a guarantee by the managers, to the satisfaction of the Govern- 
ment, that for three years their annual contribution towards the 
teacher's salary shall be at least equivalent to the grant in aid. In 
districts where the distance of farms from each other prevents the 
assembling of the scholars at one central locality, a grant not 
exceeding £45 per annum will be made towards the salary of the 
teacher having charge of two school stations ; the grant being 
made on the same conditions as before named, and the number of 
scholars at the two stations being not less than that required by 
Government in other cases before granting aid, and school being 
kept at each station for such time as the Superintendent- General of 
Education shall approve ; only one such itinerant teacher, however, 
shall be aided in a field-cornetcy. 

2. The names of the managers shall in every case be submitted 
to the Government for approval before any grant is made ; and the 
Government shall satisfy itself with the arrangements proposed for 
the management and maintenance of the school. The name and 
credentials of the teacher nominated by the managers, the rate of 
school fee, and all further regulations shall be subject to the 
approval of the Government. 

3. The managers shall provide and keep in repair the necessary 
accommodation for the school and teacher, namely a schoolroom, 
with suitable offices attached and proper school furniture, together 
with a suitable residence for the teacher. 

4. JSlo new grant, nor renewal or augmentation of grant, shall 
take place until the Superintendent- General of Education is 
satisfied that suitable out offices have been provided, and that the 
school can efficiently provide for the wants of the locality. 

5. The school shall be under the management and control of 
the local managers, but shall be subject to inspection by the Super- 
intendent-General of Education, or his deputy duly appointed by 
the Governor, who shall have the right of entering the school at 
any time during school hours, of examining into the state of the 
buildings and the school furniture, of ascertaining the progress of 
the children under instruction, and of inquiring generally into the 
efficiency of the school in regard to the locality in which it is 
placed, and of calling for such returns as he may require, in order 
to obtain satisfactory information on these subjects. 

6. The ordinary school hours are to be computed at not less 
than two hours in the forenoon and two hours in the afternoon. 



7. The managers of the school may provide for the religious 
instruction of scholars at an hour set apart by them for that purpose, 
in addition to the ordinary school hours ; but no scholars shall be 
compelled to attend at that hour for religious instruction without 
the consent of their parents or guardians. 

8. The course of instruction in third-class schools shall include, 
at least, reading, writing, and elementary arithmetic. 

9. The Governor shall have the right to appoint in each school 
of the third class five free scholars ; such appointments to 
be restricted to scholars who are unable from circumstances to pay 
the necessary school fees. 

10. The instructions during the ordinary school hours shall, as 
far as practicable, be given through the medium of the English 
language, within twelve months after the first establishment of the 
school. 



(Oedee B.) 

Mission Schools. 

Conditions on which Aid will be granted by Government in support 

of Mission Schools. 

1. Aid is granted to mission schools in eligible districts or 
localities, previously approved by the Government, as well within 
as out of towns and villages, in order to provide for the education 
of those portions of the population who are wholly unable of 
themselves to form schools. 

2. The classification of mission schools is as follows : — 

Class I. — Where there is a series of schools, infant, juvenile 
and industrial, the annual allowance shall be £75. 

Class II. — Where the children from only one school, the 
annual allowance shall be £30. 

Class III. — To schools at outstations, the annual allowance 
shall be £15. 

3. No portion of the Government Grant shall be appropriated 
otherwise than to the support of the teacher or teachers of the 
school, for the performance of their duty as teachers. 

4. Before any new grant or renewal or augmentation of any 
grant is made, the Superintendent-General of Education shall be 
satisfied that proper arrangements are made for the maintenance 
and management of the school, and that the local income of the 
school, with the grant in aid, can efficiently provide for the secular 
instruction of the children of the locality in which the school is 
placed. 

5. The school shall be under the management and control of 
the churches or missionary bodies with which they arc connected, 
but shall be subject to inspection by the Superintendent-General of 
Education, or his deputy duly appointed by the Governor, who 
shall have the right of entering the school at any time during 
school hours, of examining into the state of the buildings and the 
school furniture, of ascertaining the rjrogress of the children under 
instruction, and inquiring generally into the efficiency of the school 
in regard to the district or locality in which it is placed, and of 
calling for such returns as ho may require, in order to obtain 
satisfactory information on these subjects. 

6. Suitable school buildings, furniture, and offices, and a 
recreation ground, must be provided, to the satisfaction of the 
Government. 



7. The ordinary school hours are to be computed at not less 
than two hours in the forenoon and two hours in the afternoon ; 
and the secular instruction given during the school hours shall 
include, at least, reading, writing, and elementary arithmetic. 

8. No scholars shall be compelled to attend for religious 
instruction without the consent of their parents and guardians. 

9. The Governor shall have the right to appoint, in each 
mission school, five free scholars, such appointments to be restricted 
to scholars who are unable from circumstances to pay the necessary 
school fees. 

10. The instruction during the ordinary school hours shall, as 
far as practicable, be given through the medium of the English 
language. 



(Oedee C), 

Border Department. — Aborigines. 

Conditions on which Aid will be granted by Government to the 
Native Industrial Institutions, and to the Native Schools in 
connection with them. 

1. To place the means of getting instruction in the ordinary 
branches of elementary knowledge within the reach of the native 
youth, at certain eligible stations approved by His Excellency the 
Governor, and to promote the suitable industrial training, both of 
the male and female scholars, are the general objects to which 
Government aid shall be appropriated. 

2. Where school is kept for not less than four hours daily by a 
duly qualified teacher, assisted by another qualified teacher, and 
the average daily attendance is not less than one hundred, a fixed 
annual allowance will be made in aid of salaries, not exceeding 
£100 for the first teacher, £40 for the assistant teacher, and £10 for 
the female superintending the needlework of the girls. 

3. Where school is kept for not less than four hours daily by a 
teacher qualified to give instruction in English as well as in the 
Native language, and the average daily attendance is not less than 
fifty, a fixed annual allowance will be made in aid of salaries, not 
exceeding £40 for the teacher and £10 for the female superintend- 
ing the needlework of the girls. Where the teacher is capable of 
giving instruction only in the native language, a fixed annual 
allowance will be made in aid of his salary, not exceeding £20, 
provided the average daily attendance is not less than twenty-five. 

4. To encourage native youth to become skilled workmen, an 
allowance of £15 per annum, maintenance money, will be made to 
males who, after one year's probation, shall have entered into a 
definite engagement with the authorities of the institution with 
which they are connected, for a further period not exceeding four 
years nor less than two years, as apprentices to one of the following 
trades : — Carpentry, wagonmaking, blacksmith's work, tailoring, 
sboemaking, printing and bookbinding. This amount will also be 
allowed during the probationary year. 

5. To encourage the female portion of the native youth to 
become habituated to and skilled in the performance of the duties 
of domestic civilized life, an allowance of £10 per annum, 
maintenance money, will be made to females who, after three 
months' probation, shall have entered into a definite engagement 
with the authorities of the institution for a further period, not 



exceeding two years nor less than one year, as apprentices to 
household work. 

6. It shall be incumbent on the authorities to provide suitable 
elementary education, either morning or evening, for all appren- 
tices. 

7. The number of those who can be received as apprentices 
being limited, it is desirable to bring either of the native youth under 
influence of the missionary's home, as much as possible, by enabling 
them to reside in the institution, for the purpose of being educated, 
for this object an allowance of £10 to £12 per annum (the exact 
amount being determined by the locality), will be made towards 
the maintenance of native boarders actually resident within the 
institution, and having, besides the ordinary school- work, some 
industrial occupation, such as of field or garden labour, or special 
training for pupil teachers. 

8. Boarders and apprentices may be considered as forming part 
of the required average of daily attendance. 

9. These institutions and schools shall be subject to inspection 
by the Superintendent-General of Education, or his deputy duly 
appointed by the Governor, and shall furnish such reports, from 
time to time, as the Superintendent-General of Education may 
require, to enable him to judge of the state of each institution and 
school, and to ascertain how far each fulfils the object for which it 
is aided by the Government. 



[June, 1873. 

SCHOOL REGULATIONS. 

(Order D.) 
District Boarding Schools among the Agricultural Population. 

Conditions of Aid. 

1. Before any grant is made, the Superintendent- General of 
Education shall satisfy himself that the District is one that 
requires the agency of a boarding school, and that the locality 
where the school is to be placed is suitable for the purpose. 

2. The managers, the teachers, the rates of charge for the 
instruction and maintenance of scholars, the course of instruction, 
and all the arrangements of the institution shall be subject to the 
approval of the Superintendent-General of Education, and the 
institution shall be open at all times to the inspection of the 
Superintendent -General of Education, or his deputy, duly appointed 
by the Governor. 

3. The grants from the funds administered by the Superinten- 
dent-General of Education shall be appropriated exclusively to the 
following objects : — the part payment of the teachers or of the 
superintendents of the boarding department, the training of the 
scholars in industrial habits, and the part maintenance of those 
scholars whose circumstances require such assistance towards their 
education. 

4. The annual grants to a boarding school for boys shall not 
exceed £100 towards the salary of the principal teacher, £50 towards 
the salary of the assistant teacher, £50 towards the industrial 
department, and £(5 capitation allowance towards the maintenance of 
each boy boarded and lodged and educated in the institution, whose 
home is situated not less than six miles from the undenominational 



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public school of any town or village, and whose circumstances 
require such assistance towards his education. 

5. The annual grants to a boarding-school for girls shall not 
exceed £50 towards the salary of the principal teacher, £30 towards 
the salary of the assistant teacher, £10 towards the industrial 
department, and £6 capitation allowance towards the maintenance 
of each girl boarded and lodged and educated in the institution, 
whose home is situated not less than six miles from the 
undenominational public school of any town or village, and whose 
circumstances require such assistance towards her education. 

6. Bach grant towards the salary of a teacher, or assistant 
teacher, or of a superintendent of a boarding department, shall be 
supplemented by an equivalent amount from the managers of the 
institution. 

7. The managers of a district boarding-school shall provide 
day-school instruction for the children resident in the locality. 

8. The managers of a district boarding-school shall furnish, 
from time to time, such returns and reports as are required by the 
Superintendent-General of Education, and shall submit to him 
annually a complete report of the management of the institution, 
with a statement of its revenue and expenditure, and the accounts 
of the institution shall be subject to audit annually by the 
Superintendent- General of Education, or his deputy, duly appointed 
by the Governor. 

9. Where sufficient provision already exists in the locality for 
da}^- school instruction, a boarding department either for boys or for 
girls may be formed in connection with the day-school, the annual 
grants to such a boarding department being restricted to a sum not 
exceeding £50 towards the salary of the superintendent, an 
equivalent amount being provided by the managers, and to a 
capitation allowance of £6 towards the maintenance of each boy or 
girl boarded and lodged and educated, whose home is situated not 
less than six miles from the undenominational public school of 
any town or village, and whose circumstancjs require such assistance 
towards his or her education. 



No. 24, 1874] [July, 31, 1874. 

ACT 

To regulate the appropriation of Grants from the Public Kevenue 
in aid of Higher and Professional Education. 

Sn schedule ^ Tlie first condition, Class 1, Order A, in the schedule to the 
to Act No. Education Act, 1865, shall be read as if the words " where no other 
^ e °j ed 18G5 ' provision has been made from the pubic funds for higher 
education " in the commencement thereof was omitted therefrom. 



PROCLAMATION No. 56, 1874. 

(Order A.) 

Supplementary Conditions on which Aid will bo granted by the 
Government in support of Undenominational Public Schools. 

1. In Undenominational Public Schools of the First Class, 
where the standard of instruction and the number of scholars in 
daily attendance appear to the Superintendent- General of 



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Education to require the services of additional assistant teachers, a 
grant, not exceeding £75 per annum, in aid of the salary of each 
assistant teacher, will be made by the Government, on a guarantee 
being furnished by the managers of the school that with this aid 
the salary of such assistant shall be at least £150 per annum, and 
shall be duly paid ; provided that in schools attended by both boys 
and girls one female teacher, whether principle or assistant, shall 
be employed whenever circumstances permit. 

2. In Undenominational Public Schools of the Second Class, 
where the standard of instruction and the number of scholars in 
daily attendance appear to the Superintendent-General of Education 
to require the services of assistant teachers, a grant not exceeding 
£30 per annum, in aid of the salary of each assistant teacher, will 
be made by the Government, on a guarantee being furnished by the 
managers of the school that with this aid the salary of such 
assistant shall be at least £60 per annum, and shall be duly paid ; 
provided that in schools attended both by boys and girls one female 
teacher, whether principal or assistant, shall be employed whenever 
circumstances permit. 

3. In Undenominational Public Schools of the Third Class, 
where the number of scholars in daily attendance appears to the 
Superintendent- General of Education to require the services of 
assistant teachers, a grant, not exceeding £15 per annum, in aid 
of the salary of each assistant teacher, will be made by the 
Government, on a guarantee being furnished by the managers of 
the school that with this aid the salary of such assistant shall be at 
least £30 per annum, and shall be duly paid ; provided that in 
schools attended by both boys and girls one female teacher, whether 
principal or assistant, shall be employed whenever circumstances 
permit. 

4. In Undenominational Public Girls' Schools of the First 
Class, where the standard of instruction and the number of scholars 
in daily attendance appear to require the services of assistant 
teachers, a grant, not exceeding £30 per annum, in aid of the salary 
of each assistant teacher, will be made by the Government, on a 
guarantee being furnished by the managers of the school that with 
this aid the salary of such assistant teacher shall be at least £60 
per annum, and shall be duly paid. 

5. In Undenominational Public Girls' Schools of the Second 
Class, where the number of scholars in daily attendance appears to 
require the services of assistant teachers, a grant, not exceeding 
£15 per annum, in aid of the salary of each assistant teacher, will 
be made by the Government, on a guarantee being furnished by 
the managers of the school that with this aid the salary of such 
assistant shall be at least £30 per annum, and shall be duly paid. 

6. To encourage the formation of preparatory schools, in 
connection with, and subsidiary to. the Undenominational Public 
Schools in towns and villages, a grant not exceeding £30 per 
annum, in aid of the salary of a qualified teacher of each 
department of a preparatory school, will be made by the 
Government, on a guarantee being furnished by the managers of 
the Undenominational Public School that with this aid the salary 
of such teacher shall be at least £60 per annum, and shall be duly 
paid. 

REGULATIONS REGARDING PUPIL TEACHER, 

1. Candidates for the office of pupil teacher, whether male or 
female, shall be not less than thirteen years of age. 



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2. Candidates shall satisfy the Superintendent- General of 
Education of their character and qualifications. 

3. Candidates, when approved, shall he attached to some 
school, in which the arrangements and appliances appear to the 
Superintendent-General of Education to offer facilities for the 
proper training of young persons in school management. 

4. Pupil teachers on admission shall receive an allowance not 
exceeding £12 per annum, which allowance, after the completion of 
one year's satisfactory service, shall he augmented to £18 per 
annum ; and this shall continue to be the annual allowance during 
the rest of their time of service. 

5. The term of service of a pupil teacher shall, as a rule, be 
three years, but may be extended to live years, subject to the 
approval of Government. 

6. The engagement shall be considered to be between the pupil 
teachers and the managers of the school in which they are trained, 
and shall be- made, in writing, for such term of service, and in such 
a manner as are approved by the Government. 

7. In any case where the managers do not conduct a school in 
a manner satisfactory to the Government, and under fit and 
competent teachers approved by the Superintendent-General of 
Education, it shall be the duty of the Superintendent-General of 
Education, with the consent of the Government, to discontinue all 
allowances for pupil teachers in such a school, after having given 
not less than three months' notice thereof to the managers of such 
school. 

8. The principal teacher of a school to which pupil teachers are 
attached shall give to the pupil teachers special instruction, during 
not less than four hours weekly, with a view of preparing them to 
pass the examination for the elementary teachers' certificate. 

9. For every pupil teacher who obtains the elementary teachers' 
certificate, an allowance of £10 shall be given to the principal 
teacher ; and this allowance shall be augmented to £15 in each case 
where the pupil teacher obtains the certificate with honours ; 
provided that the Superintendent- General of Education is satisfied 
that such principal teacher has actually given to the pupil teacher 
the special instruction required. 



July 26, 1877. 

AMENDED AND SUPPLEMENTARY SCHOOL REGULATIONS 
FRAMED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF ACT No. 13 
OF 1865. 

amended regulations. order a. undenominational public 

schools for girls. 

Sections, as amended. 
Girls Schools. Class I. 

1. The grant in aid of the salary of the Principal Teacher in a 
Girls' School of the First Class shall be £75 per annum ; a guarantee 
being furnished by the managers of the school, to the satisfaction 
of the Government, that for three years their annual contribution 
towards the Principal Teacher's salary shall be at least equivalent 
to the grant in aid, and shall be duly paid. 



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2. Provision must be made in a Girls' School of the First Class 
for superior instruction in the English language and literature, 
history, geography, arithmatic ; and in domestic economy, as far 
as may be j)racticable. 

3. Where the standard of instruction and the number of 
scholars in daily attendance appear to require the services of 
assistant teachers, a grant, not exceeding £50 per annum in aid of 
the salary of each assistant teacher will be made by the 
Government, on a guarantee being furnished b} T the Managers of 
the school that with this aid the salary of such Assistant Teacher 
shall be at least £100 per annum, and shall be duly paid. 



Class II. 

1. The grant in aid of the salary of the Principal Teacher in a 
Girls' School of the Second Class shall be £50 per annum ; a 
guarantee being furnished by the Managers of the School, to the 
satisfaction of the Government, that for three years their annual 
contribution towards the Principal Teacher's salary shall be at 
least equivalent to the grant in aid, and shall be duly paid. 

2. Provision must be made in Girls' School of the Second Class 
for instruction in reading, writing, arithmetic, outlines of history 
and geography", and plain needlework. 

3. Where the number of scholars in daily attendance appears 
to require the services of Assistant Teachers, a grant not exceeding 
£30 per annum in aid of the salary of each Assistant Teacher will 
be made by the Government, on a guarantee being furnished by 
the Managers of the school that with this aid the salary of such 
Assistant shall be at least £60 per annum, and shall be duly paid. 



SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS, ORDER C, ABORIGINES. 

1. To train Native youths more effectually in the practical 
knowledge of trades, an annual allowance not exceeding £120 will 
be given in aid of the salary of a qualified Trade-teacher in such 
of the departments of carpentry, wagonmaking, smiths'-work, 
and leather- work, as may, with the consent of the Government, be 
attached to a Native Industrial Institution ; provided that no 
allowance shall be given, as a rule, for more than two Trade 
Departments in the same Institution, nor for any Trade Department 
which is attended by less than fifteen resident Native youths on 
probation before apprenticeship or ten resident Natives under 
definite engagement with the authorities of the Institution as 
apprentices in the Trade Department for which an allowance is 
made. 

2. An allowance not exceeding £30 will be given in aid of the 
outfit of tools, fittings, and materials for Trade Departments which 
may, with the consent of the Government, be attached to a Native 
Industrial Institution. 

3. An annual allowance not exceeding £50 will be given in aid 
of the expenses of an Industrial Department or Trade-class 
attached, with the consent of the Government, to a Native 
Industrial Institution not in receipt of any allowance under the 
foregoing sections, 1 and 2, or to a Native day-school, provided that 
the Industrial Department or Trade-class is daily attended by a 
satisfactory number of young persons of suitable age. 



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SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATION. ORDER D. DISTRICT BOARDING SCHOOLS 
AMONG THE AGRICULTURAL POPULATION. 

1. To encourage the Industrial training of youngpersons, resident 
in District Boarding-schools among the Agricultural population, and 
in Boarding departments connected with the Undenominational 
Public Schools, a sum not exceeding £50 per annum will be allowed 
in aid of the expenses of such Industrial Departments or Trade- 
classes as shall be opened with the consent of the Government, 
provided that no allowance shall be given for any Industrial 
Department or Trade-class which is not daily attended by a 
satisfactory number of young persons of suitable age. 

2. The fourth section is to be read as if the words " £50 towards 
the Industrial Department " were omitted therefrom. 



[July, 1882. 

PROCLAMATION No. 113, 1882. 

AMENDED AND ADDITIONAL SCHOOL EEGULATIONS 
PBOPOSED TO EACH HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT, FOR 
ASSENT BY A RESOLUTION OF THE HOUSE, IN 
ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 
1 OF ACT No. 13 OF 1865, AND OF SECTION 1 OF ACT 
No. 24 OF 1874. 

AMENDED REOxULATIONS. ORDER A.— UNDENOMINATIONAL PUBLIC 
SCHOOLS.— CLASS I.— HIGHER GRADE. 

1. Grants in aid of the salaries of the Principal, Vice-Principal, 
and Assistant Teachers of an Undenominational Public School of 
the First Class, Higher Grade, in the towns or localities where the 
Government is satisfied that such a school is required, shall be 
made on the following scale : — A grant not exceeding £200 per 
annum for the Principal, a grant not exceeding £150 per annum 
for the Yice-Principal, a grant not exceeding £100 per annum for 
each Assistant Teacher. 

Class I. — Lower Grade. 

2. Grants in aid of the salaries of the Principal and Assistant 
Teachers of an Undenominational Public School of the First Class, 
Lower Grade, in towns and localities where the Government is 
satisfied that such a school is required, shall be made on the 
following scale : — A grant not exceeding £150 per annum for the 
Principal, a grant not exceeding £100 per annum for each 
Assistant Teacher. 

Class IT. 

3. Grants in aid of the salaries of the Principal and Assistant 
Teachers of an Undenominational Public School of the Second 
Class, in towns, or localities where the Government is satisfied that 
such a school is required, shall be made on the following scale : — 
A grant not exceeding £100 per annum to the Principal, a grant 
not exceeding £60 per annum for each Assistant Teacher, 



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Class III. 

4. Grants in aid of the salaries of the Principal and Assistant 
Teachers of an Undenominational Public School of the Third Class, 
at localities approved by the Government, among the rural 
population, and in towns or villages where desirable, shall be made 
on the following scale : — A grant not exceeding £60 per annum for 
the Principal, a grant not exceeding £30 per annum for each 
Assistant. 

5. In schools of any class attended by both boys and girls, one 
female Teacher, whether Principal or Assistant, shall be employed 
whenever circumstances permit. 

Girls' Schools. Class I. 

6. Grants in aid of the salaries of the Principal, Vice-Principal 
and Assistant Teachers of an Undenominational Public School of 
the First Class, for Girls only, in towns or localities where the 
Government is satisfied that such a school is required, shall be 
made on the following scale : — A grant not exceeding £100 per 
annum for the Principal, a grant not exceeding £75 per annum 
for the Vice-Principal, a grant not exceeding £60 per annum for 
each Assistant. 

Class II. 

7. Grants in aid of the salaries of the Principal and Assistant 
Teachers of an Undenominational Public School of the Second 
Class, for Girls only, in towns or localities where the Government 
is satisfied that such a school is required, shall be made on the 
following scale : — A grant not exceeding £60 per annum for the 
Principal, a grant not exceeding £30 per annum for each 
Assistant. 

Preparatory Schools. 

8. To encourage the formation of Preparatory or Infant Schools 
in connection with the Undenominational Public Schools of towns, 
grants will be made in aid of the salaries of the Teaeher and 
Assistants of Preparatory or Infant School, situated in localities 
where the Government is satisfied that such a school is required, 
but no grant shall exceed the amount allowed for an Assistant 
Teacher in the Undenominational Public School, with which the 
Preparatory or Infant School is connected. 

ADDITIONAL GENERAL REGULATIONS. 

9. Where Drawing and Music are included among the subjects 
of- the ordinary school course, and are taught without additional 
fee, a grant not exceeding £50 per annum will be allowed in aid of 
the salary of a Teacher of Drawing and a Teacher of Music ; but 
no grant shall be paid unless the Government is satisfied with the 
qualifications of the Teacher, the subject and the mode of 
instruction, the number of pupils in regular attendance, and the 
progress of the pupils from time to time. 

10. Where it is desirable to provide for the teaching of the 
Dutch language in the ordinary school course, the Government 
will require that the Principal or one of the Assistant Teachers 
shall be competent to give, and shall give, instruction in that 
language. 



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11. Where instruction in the Dutch language is given by a 
special Teacher, not being one of the regular Staff, a grant will be 
made in aid of the salary of such Teacher, not exceeding in amount 
the grant allowed for an Assistant in the School with which such 
Teacher is connected. 

12. The Managers shall furnish a guarantee, to the satisfaction 
of the Government that for a period of three years their annual 
contribution to the salary of each Teacher, whether Principal or 
Assistant, shall be at least equivalent to the grant in aid, and shall 
be duly paid. 

13. The Managers may provide for the religious instruction of 
the scholars at a time set apart by them for that purpose, in 
addition to the ordinary school hours ; but no scholars shall be 
compelled to attend at that time for religious instruction without 
the consent of their parents or guardians. 

14. The ordinary school hours shall be computed at not less 
than two and a half hours in the forenoon and two hours in the 
afternoon. 

15. In every school, and in every department thereof, for which 
a full grant is made, an average daily attendance of at least twenty 
children is required to be maintained. 

Class I. Course of Instruction. 

16. The subjects of instruction in a school of the First Class 
shall include Beading, Writing, Arithmetic, Algebra, English Com- 
position and Grammar, Political and Physical Geography, outlines 
of History, and the Elements of Natural Science, in the primary 
course ; and the Greek and Latin languages, English Literature, 
History, Higher Mathematics, and one at least of these specific 
subjects — Chemistry, Geology, Mineralogy, Botany, Animal 
Physiology, Principles of Agriculture in the secondary or superior 

course. 

In a Lower Grade School, Greek may be omitted, if instruction 
in a Modern Language, other than English, is provided. 

In a Higher Grade School, Greek may be omitted, if instruction 
in an additional specific subject and in a Modern Language, other 
than English, is provided. 

Class II. 

17. The course' of Instruction in a school of the Second Class 
shall include Beading, Writing, Arithmetic, Algebra, English 
Composition and Grammar, Political and Physical Geography, 
outlines of History, Latin, and the Elements of Natural Science. 
Latin may be omitted where instruction in one specific subject — 
Chemistry, Geology, Mineralogy, Botany, Animal Physiology, 
Principles of Agriculture, and in a Modern Language, other than 
English, is provided. 

Class III. 

18. The course of Instruction in a school of the Third Class 
shall include at least Beading, Writing, Arithmetic, Outlines of 
History and Geography, and Lessons on Natural objects. 



Class 



Girls' School. — Class I. 

19. The Subjects of Instruction in a Girls' School of the First 
s shall include Beading, Writing, Arithmetic, English 



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Composition and Grammar, outlines of History and Geography, 
Plain Needlework and Lessons on Natural Objects, in the primary 
course ; and English Literature, History. Political and Physical 
Geography. Higher Arithmetic, Elements of Natural Science, 
Laws of Health, Domestic Economy, and a Modern language other 
than English in the secondary or superior course. 



Class II. 

20. The Course of Instruction in a Girls' School of the Second 
Class shall include Beading, Writing, Arithmetic, outlines of 
History and Geography, Plain Needlework, and Lessons on Natural 
Objects. 

Grants for School Buildings. 

1. Aid will be given towards to erection of enlargement of (1) 
Schoolrooms, used only for the purposes of an LTndenominational 
Public School. (2) Residences of Principal Teachers of 
LTndenominational Public Schools, including dormitories and other 
accommodation required for boarders ; (3) Dormitories and 
Class-rooms connected with District Boarding Schools among the 
rural population ; and (4) Work-shops used only for the training 
of natives in handicrafts. 

2. The grants will be in proportion to the amount actually 
raised by local contributions, pound for pound, subject to the 
limitations, that no grant for any one institution shall exceed 
£1,000 ; and that the grant shall be paid in instalments on 
satisfactory evidence of work done. 

3. The site and plans of buildings shall be subject to the 
approval of the Government. 

4. The terms of the Trust Deed in every case must be such as 
to satisfy the Government, and must provide inter alia, that {a) the 
buildings should be used only for the purposes, as the case may be, 
of an Undenominational Public School, or a District Boarding 
School, or a Native Workshop, conducted under such conditions 
and regulations as may from time to time be fixed by the 
Parliament ; and (b) that if the buildings should cease to be 
required, or to be used for the purposes above-named within 
twenty years from the date when the grant was paid, the 
Government shall have the right by sale of the property, or 
otherwise, to recoup itself to the full extent of the grant. 

5. So much of the School Regulations contained in the Schedule 
to the " Education Act, 1865," as may be repugnant to or 
inconsistent with the foregoing Regulations, and so much as 
provides that the instruction during the ordinary school hours 
shall be given through the medium of the English language only, 
is hereby repealed. 



ACT No. 4 OF 1883. 



Section 61. Every child, admitted to any school which shall 
be maintained or aided by any grant from public funds, shall be 
vaccinated by the District Surgeon, or a vaccinator specially 
appointed, unless such child shall have been previously vaccinated. 

[G. 97—1904.] C 



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PROCLAMATION No. 183, 1884. 
SCHEDULE. 

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 

ADDITIONAL SCHOOL REGULATIONS ASSENTED TO BY 
BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT, BY A RESOLUTION 
OF EACH HOUSE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE 
PROVISIONS OF SECTION 1 OF ACT No. 13 OF 1865. 

1. To encourage the instruction of the children of farmers and 
others who reside so far from a public school that they cannot avail 
themselves of the instruction therein provided, the Superintendent- 
General of Education is empowered, after inquiry into attendances 
and attainments of such children, v to pay grants-in-aid on the 
following scale : — 

For each child present on the day of inspection, and shown to 
have been under regular instruction for the past twelve months : — 

If under a certificated teacher ... ... £2 

If under an uncertificated teacher ... 1 

And for children who after examination have passed in the 
Standards of Elementary Instruction fixed by the Superintendent- 
General of Education, the following capitation grants in addition, 
viz. : — 

For a pass in the 1st (lowest) Standard ... £0 5 

2nd „ 10 

„ 3rd „ 15 

4th „ 10 

,, 5th (highest) Standard 15 

2. The grants aforesaid shall not be paid unless the farm or 
homestead where the children reside is situated not less than six 
miles from a public school, and unless there are ascertained to be 
on such farm or homestead not less than five children under 
regular instruction. 

3. No grants payable on account of the attendance and attain- 
ments of the children resident on one farm shall exceed in the 
aggregate thirty pounds in one year. 

4. Applicants for the grants shall furnish such information as 
is required from time to time by the Superintendent- General of 
Education or other Inspector duly authorised, and shall comply 
with such regulations as may from time to time be made for 
satisfying the Government that the conditions of aid are in each 
case duly and bona fide fulfilled. 



PROCLAMATION No. 80, 1886. 
SCHEDULE. 

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 

SCHOOL REGULATIONS ASSENTED TO BY BOTH HOUSES 
OF PARLIAMENT, BY A RESOLUTION OF EACH HOUSE, 
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 
1, OF ACT No. 13 OF 1865. 

School Hours. 

The hours of Instruction shall be at least five hours daily 
(Saturdays excepted). 



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Religious Instruction . 

The Managers may provide for the Instruction of the Scholars 
in Religion during the ordinary hours of Instruction, hut no 
Scholars shall be compelled to attend for such Instruction 
without the consent of their Parents or Guardians. 



Act No. 43 of 1887.J [Promulgated 9th August, 1887. 

V. R. 

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 

ACT 

To Provide for the Payment of Retiring Allowances to certain 
Professors, Lecturers, and Teachers, in Colleges and Schools 
connected with the Department of Public Education, and 
to Regulate the Amounts of Good Service Allowances 
payable to Teachers, and to establish a Teachers' Pension 
Fund. — (Assented to 5th August, 1887.) 

WHEREAS it is expedient to fix the conditions on which professors, 
lecturers and teachers shall become entitled to merit grants or 
good service allowances, and to regulate the amounts of such 
grants or allowances ; and whereas it is expedient to provide for the 
continuance of merit grants or good service allowances to professors, 
lecturers and teachers, who may retire from actual service, and to 
provide for the establishment of a Teachers' Pension Fund : Be it 
enacted by the Governor of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope, 
by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council 
and House of Assembly thereof, as follows : — 

1. No professor, lecturer, or teacher shall be entitled to be put 
on the good service list, or to draw a merit grant or good service 
allowance unless the Supcriiitcndent-vjrciieral of Education is 
satisfied that such professor, lecturer, or teacher has completed five 
years' continuous and meritorious service in connection with the 
department of Public Education, and that the college or school or 
department conducted by such professor or lecturer or teacher 
is thoroughly efficient. 

2. It shall be competent for the Governor to remove the name 
of any professor, lecturer or teacher from the good service list 
whenever the duties of his office are not performed to the 
satisfaction of the Superintendent- General of Education, and to 
restore such name to the said list on the recommendation of the 
Superintendent-General of Education. 

3. Every professor or lecturer who has completed fifteen years' 
service in connection with the department of Public Education, and 
who is on the good service list, and is in receipt of a merit grant 
not exceeding £100 per annum (as fixed by section 6 of the amended 
schedule (1882) to the Higher Education Act No. 24 of 1874), shall 
on his retirement from active service, by reason of his reaching 60 
years of age or his being incapacitated by ill-health, continue to 
receive such merit grant annually for the rest of his life, with an 
addition of 25 per cent, for a service of 15 years and under 20 years, 
and of 50 per cent, for 20 years' service and upwards. 



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4. Every teacher who has completed fifteen years' service in 
connection with the department of Public Education, and who is 
on the good service list and is in receipt of the good service 
allowance, shall on his retirement by reason of his reaching 60 
years of age or by his being incapacitated by ill-health continue to 
receive the annual good service allowance for the rest of his life 
with an addition of 50 per cent, for a service of 15 years and under 
20 years ; 75 per cent, for a service of 20 years and under 30 years ; 
100 per cent, for a service of 30 years and upwards. 

5. The scale of good service allowances to teachers shall be as 
laid down in the schedule hereunto annexed ; and no change in the 
scale shall take effect until it shall have been assented to by both 
Houses of Parliament. 

6. From the merit grant or good service allowance of every 
professor, lecturer, or teacher to whom such grant or allowance 
may be lawfully assigned, there shall be made an annual deduction 
at the rate of five (£5) per centum on each such merit grant or 
good service allowance ; and all sums so deducted shall be paid 
into the Colonial Treasury to the credit of a separate account to be 
called the Teachers' Pension Fund. 

7. The provisions of the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh 
sections of the Civil Service Pension Fund Act, 1886, shall mutatis 
mutandis apply to the Teachers' Pension Fund. 

8. It shall be lawful for the Governor from time to time to 
frame bye-laws, fixing the conditions and times of leave of absence 
of professors, lecturers and teachers with or without salary ; and 
also regulations under which any professor, lecturer, or teacher 
may appeal to the Superintendent- General of Education in respect 
of any Inspector's report which may appear to affect or endanger 
his claim to a merit grant or good service allowance ; and, further, 
the conditions under which any temporary suspension of employ- 
ment or any other special circumstances beyond the control of the 
professors, lecturers, and teachers, shall be held not to deprive them 
of the benefits contemplated by this Act. 

9. No pension under this Act shall be awarded until after the 
expiry of twelve months from the taking effect of this Act. 

10. This Act may be cited for all purposes as " The Teachers' 
Pension and Fund Act, 1887." 



Public Schools. 



SCHEDULE. 

Scale of Good Service Allowances. 



( £25 
Class I (Boys') and | Principals and Vice- J ' . ? ' 7 

-kt l r\ n fn 1\ ( i~» • •__ i„ ^i '->' 



Normal College (Boys') \ 



Principals. 



I 





10 
50 









after 5 years' service. 
10 



5) 
5> 



15 



n 



Public Schools. 
Class I (Boys') 
Class I (Girls') 

Class II (Boys') 

Normal Colleges. 
(Boys') Assistants. 

Deaf and Dumb Schools. 
Principals. 



Assistants. 

Principals and Vice- 
Principals. 
Principals. 



Training Schools (Native). 
Boarding Schools and ' ) PHriHr , alq 
Normal Colleges (Girls') f Fnncl P als - 



15 
22 10 
30 














10 

15 



21 



Public Schools. 
Class I (Girls 1 ) 
Class II (Girls') 
Class III (Boys') 

Normal Colleges. 
(Girls') Assistants. 

Mission Schools 

Aborigines School 
Approved Infant Schools 



Assistants. 
Principals. 



Head-Teuchers. 
Do. 
Do. 



10 








after 


5 


y 


ears 


' service 


15 








5? 


10 






v 


20 








15 


15 






)> 


6 








55 


5 






55 


9 








55 


10 






i> 


12 










15 






» 



PROCLAMATION No. 172, 1887. 

BYE-LAWS AND REGULATIONS FRAMED UNDER PROVI- 
SIONS OF THE TEACHEES' PENSION AND FUND ACT, 
1887. 

1. A Professor, Lecturer, or Teacher may obtain special leave of 
absence, at any time, for a period not exceeding six months, 
without salary, on the Superintendent-General of Education and 
the Managers of the College or School with which he is connected 
being satisfied with the arrangements made for the discharge of his 
duties throughout the period of his absence. The period of absence 
shall not count for service. 

2. A Professor, Lecturer, or Teacher who has completed five 
years' continuous active service, may obtain ordinary leave of 
absence for a period not exceeding twelve months, on the 
Superintendent- General of Education and the Managers of the 
College or School with Avhich he is connected being satisfied with 
the arrangements made for the discharge of his duties, without 
extra cost to the Education Department, throughout the period of 
his absence. The period of absence is to count for service, and the 
Merit Grant or Good Service Allowance is to be paid as in actual 
service. No ordinary leave shall be granted again, except after an 
interval of five years' continuous active service. 

3. When a Professor, Lecturer, or Teacher, by reason of the 
expiry of his engagement with the Managers, or by reason of his 
resignation for ill-health or other and sufficient cause, shall be 
temporarily out of public employment, he may be considered as 
absent on leave without salary for a period not exceeding twelve 
months ; and when he resumes active service, the breach of service 
caused by this suspension of public employment may be condoned 
if the Superintendent-General of Education is satisfied that such 
termination of engagement or temporary suspension of employment 
has not been brought about by the misconduct of the Professor, 
Lecturer, or Teacher ; but the period during which he was out of 
public employment will not count as actual service ; nor will any 
Merit Grant or Good Service Allowance be paid during that period. 

4. A Professor, Lecturer, or Teacher, who, by reason of an 
Inspector's report on the College, School, or Department with 
which he is connected, is in danger of having his name removed 
from the list of those entitled to Merit Grants or Good Service 
Allowances, may appeal to the Superintendent- General of 
Education for special enquiry into his case ; and the decision of the 
Superintendent- General of Education after such inquiry shall be 
final. 



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PROCLAMATION No. 252, 1891. 
SCHEDULE. 

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 

AMENDED AND ADDITIONAL SCHOOL KEGULATIONS 
ASSENTED TO BY BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT BY 
A RESOLUTION OF EACH HOUSE, IN ACCORDANCE 
WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 1 OF ACT No. 13 OF 
1865. 

Private Farm Schools. 

AMENDED REGULATIONS. 

1. For each child present on the day of inspection, and shown 
to have been under regular instruction for the past twelve months : 

If under a certificated teacher .. ... £3 
If under an uncertificated teacher 2 

3. No grants payable on account of the attendance and 
attainments of the children taught, and on account of allowances 
for indigent boarders, shall exceed in the aggregate thirty pounds 
per year on one farm. 

ADDITIONAL REGULATION. 

Teachers of private farm schools shall be entitled to be put on 
the same Good Service List and to draw Good Service Allowances 
under the same rules and on the same scale as apply to Third 
Class Undenominational Public Schools, viz. : — 

£10 per annum after 5 years' service. 
£15 .. „ 10 

£20 , „ 15 



PROCLAMATION No. 388, 1893. 
SCHEDULE. 

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 

AMENDED AND ADDITIONAL SCHOOL REGULATIONS 
ASSENTED TO BY BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT, BY 
A RESOLUTION OF EACH HOUSE, IN ACCORDANCE 
WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 1 OF ACT No. 13 
OF 1865. 

AMENDED REGULATION. 

1. Private Farm Schools. — To encourage the instruction of the 
children of farmers and others who reside so far from a public 
school that they cannot avail themselves of the instruction therein 
provided, the Superintendent-General of Education is empowered 
after enquiry into the attendances and attainments of such 
children, to pay grants in aid at the following rates per annum : — 

For each child present on t"he appointed day of inspection and 
shown to have been under regular instruction : — 

If under a certificated teacher ... ... £3 

If under an uncertificated teacher £2 



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And for children who, after examination have passed in the 
Standards of Elementary Instruction fixed by the Superintendent- 
General of Education, the following capitation grants in addition, 
viz. : — 

For a pass in the 1st lowest) Standard 

2nd 
3rd 
4th 



!J 



5th (highest) 



idard £0 5 





£0 10 





£0 15 





£1 





£1 5 






ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS. 

1. Extra aided and Poor Schools. — If it be proved to the 
satisfaction of the Superintendent-General that the people of 
European extraction in a locality are too poor to maintain a public 
school on the ordinary conditions, or that a number of them are 
too poor to pay the usual school fees, extra aid will be given. 

2. AVhen in such a locality no school already exists, and the 
people guarantee that the teacher will receive from them board 
and lodging, or an equivalent in lieu thereof, the Education 
Department will pay as follows : — 

(a) To an approved certificated and experienced teacher £15 a 
quarter, to an approved uncertificated teacher £12 a 
quarter, so long as an average attendance of twelve is 
maintained. 

(b) To an approved certificated and experienced teacher £20 a 
quarter, to an approved uncertificated teacher £15 a 
quarter, so long as an average attendance of twenty-four 
is maintained. 

3. The managers of such a school shall be the promoter, and 
two other residents approved of bw the Superintendent-General. 

4. The Superintendent-General's concurrence must be obtained 
before the teacher of such a school can be dismissed. 

5. AVhen in such a locality a school already exists and is 
providing for its full number of free scholars, the Education 
Department will pay the fees of such additional children as may 
be duly certified to be indigent. 

6. Boarding Grants. — In the case of children whose home is 
not within three miles of a school, and whose parents are too poor 
to provide for their education, a grant in aid of their maintenance 
at an approved boarding school will be paid by the Education 
Department, the amounts to be dependent on circumstances, but in 
no case to exceed £12 per child per annum. 

7. Building Loans. — On the recommendation of the 
Superintendent-General the Government may lend money to the 
managers of any public school in order that property may be 
acquired for buildings erected for school purposes, and half of the 
interest on any such loans will be borne by the Education 
Department. 

8. All the transactions connected with the acquisition of such 
property and with the erection of such buildings must beperformed 
to the satisfaction of the Superintendent-General. 

9. All such property and buildings must be vested in trustees 
as recommended by the Education Commission. 

10. Rent. — When it is found impossible for the managers of a 
public school to become possessed of land and builings necessary 
for school purposes, including a dwelling-house for the principal 



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teacher, and such property of an approved character can be hired 
at a reasonable rent, the Education Department will pay half the 
rent. 

11. Evening Schools. — One-third the usual Day-school grants 
will be available for approved Evening Schools, where pupils over 
fourteen years of age, or of such age as the Superintendent-General 
of Education may approve of, are taught for at least six hours per 
week, during a period of six months. 

12. Tirade Schools. — Grants similar to those hitherto made to 
Native Industrial Institutions will be available for similar 
institutions founded for the training of indigent and neglected 
white children. 

13. White Mission Schools. — The grants at present available for 
third-class public schools will be available for any white mission 
school in a town where there exists a public school of a class higher 
than the third, provided that the managing committee of the said 
mission school consist of the missionary superintendent, clergyman, 
or minister as chairman, and two lay-members approved of by the 
Superintendent-General of Education. 

14. Sewing, Drawing, Singing, Physical Training. — After a date 
to be fixed by the Superintendent- General of Education, the sum of 
two shillings and sixpence will be paid annually by the Education 
Department to the funds of any public school for every child who 
has been regularly and satisfactorily instructed in sewing, drawing, 
physical training or vocal music. 

15. Handiwork. — An annual allowance not exceeding £50 will 
be paid to any public school in aid of the expenses of a 
satisfactorily conducted handiwork class of not less than twenty 
pupils under an approved visiting teacher. 

16. When the handiwork class is conducted during school hours 
by one of the ordinary teachers whose salary is aided in accordance 
with the £ for =£ principle, an annual allowance not exceeding £1 
per pupil in average attendance on the class will be given in aid of 
the other expenses. 

17. Audit of School Accounts. — A properly detailed account book 
of school income and expenditure made up to 30th June of each 
year must be kept by the managers of every Government aided 
school, and must be produced together with the necessaiy vouchers, 
when the Superintendent- General or his duly appointed deputy 
makes requisition. In such books, fees received in other than cash, 
must be entered, and the current value thereof brought to account. 



Act No'. 6 of 1893.] [August 18th, 1893. 

ACT 

To Exempt Transfer of Certain Lands for School Purposes from 
Transfer Duty, Stamp Duty and Fees of Office. 

Be it enacted by the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, with the 
advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of 
Assembly thereof, as follows : — 

Shooi fers P ro f !• As often as the Superintendent-General of Education, shall, 
perty to trus- by writing under his hand, certify his desire that any land with or 
froL tranrfS without buildings, used or to be used exclusively for the purposes 
duty, stamp f any Undenominational Government Aided School, or of any 

duty and fees - 

of office. 



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Aided Boarding Establishment or Teachers" Dwelling House in 
connection with such school, shall be transferred to trustees, no 
transfer duty, stamp duty, or fees of office, shall be paid or be 
leviable in respect of any such transfer, anything in " Tho Transfer 
Duty Consolidation and; Amendment Act, 1884" " The Stamp and 
Office Fees Act. 1884." or any other law to the contrary notwith- 
standing. 



Act No. 14 of 1895.] [Promulgated 9th July, 1895. 

V. R 
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 

ACT 

To Amend " The Local Works Loans Act. 1882," (Assented to 5th 

July. 1895.) 

Be it enacted by the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, by and 
with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and the 
House of Assembly thereof, as follows : — 

1. Sub -section eleven of Section two of the Act No. 11 of 1882, 
commonly called " The Local Works Loans Act, 1882." shall be read 
and construed as though the word '• heretofore " had not been 
contained in the said Sub- section. 

2. The Commissioner shall not. in respect of any loan under 
the said Act to any local authority not having the power to make, 
levy and recover rates or impose dues, issue the certificate provided 
for by section five of the said Act unless or until he shall be 
satisfied that the value of the immovable property offered as 
security for such loan bv such local authority is sufficient, or will, 
when the ymrpose for which such loan is requested is effected be 
sufficient to cover the amount of such loan. 

3. The provisions of sub-section six of section two of the said 
Act, whereby loans may be granted for buildings for school 
purposes, shall be construed as authorising loans to cover 
the cost (which shall be specified in the application) of fencing, 
gravelling, or levelling of ground, or other work upon school 
penalises necessary for school purposes or in connection with the 
said buildings, in case the Commissioner shall be satisfied that the' 
security offered will cover the entire amount borrowed, including 
the loan for such purpose. 

4. This Act may be cited as " The Local Works Loans 
Amendment Act. 1895." 



GOVERNMENT NOTICE.— No. 77?>, 1895. 

His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive 
Council, has been pleased under the provisions of " The Education 
Act. 1865, " to approve of the following additional. School Regula- 
tion which has been assented to by both Houses of Parliament, by 
a resolution of. each House. 

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Building Loans. 

In the case of an approved Model School erected with the 
sanction of the Superintendent -General of Education to serve the 
double purpose of a public school and a training institution for 
teachers, and therefore supplying the wants not merely of the 
Town or Division in which it is situated, but of the greater part or 
whole of an Inspector's circuit, two-thirds of the interest and 
sinking fund charge on the loan will be contributed by the 
Department. 



SCHEDULE TO PROCLAMATION No. 286, 1896. 



SCALE OF GOOD SERVICE ALLOWANCE: 



1. After live years' good service, 25 per cent, per annum. 

2. After ten years' good service, 35 per cent, per annum. 

3. After fifteen years' good service, 40 per cent, per annum, on 
the Government Salary Grant, unless where the Government Grant 
is more than half the whole Salary, in which case the percentages 
shall be reckoned on half the whole salary. 

And that this Schedule shall come into operation on the 1st 
January, 1897 : Provided that any teacher may before the 1st day 
of December. 1896, express in writing to the Superintendent- 
General of Education his desire to remain under the operation of 
the scale provided in the Schedule to the aforesaid Act, and there- 
upon such teacher's good service allowance shall continue to be 
regulated under the said scale. 



SCHEDULE. 

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 

Resolution passed by the Honourable the House of Assembly and 
concurred in bv the Legislative Council. 

1897. 

That the following be " Amended and Additional School 
Regulations " under the provisions of Act No. 13 of 1865 : 

Undenomi national Public Schools. 

Class I. (Boys' and Mixed.) — Grants in aid of salaries of 
the principal, vice-principal and assistant teachers of an 
undenominational public school of the First Class in Towns or 
localities where the Government is satisfied that such a school is 
required, shall be made on the following scale: — A grant not 
exceeding £200 per annum for the principal ; a grant not exceeding 
£150 per annum for the vice-principal ; a grant not exceeding £125 
per annum for each assistant teacher. 

Girls' Schools.— Grants in aid of the salaries of the principal, 
vice-principal and assistant teachers of an undenominational school 
of the First Class, for girls, only in towns or localities where the 



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Government [is satisfied that such a school is required, shall be 
made on the following scale : — A grant not exceeding £120 per 
annum for the principal ; a grant not exceeding £90 per annum for 
the vice-principal ; a grant not exceeding £75 per annum for each 
assistant teacher. 

Class II. (Boys' and Mixed Schools). — Grants in aid of the 
salaries of the principal, vice-principal and assistant teachers of an 
undenominational public school of the Second Class, in towns or 
localities where the Government is satisfied that such a school is 
required, ^hall be made on the following scale :— A grant not 
exceeding £150 per annum for the principal ; a grant not exceeding 
£100 per annum for the vice-principal ; a grant not exceeding £75 
per annum for each assistant teacher. 

Class III. — Grants in aid of the salaries of the principal and 
assistant teachers of an undenominational public school of the 
Third Class at localities approved by the Government shall be made 
on the following scale : — A grant not exceeding £100 per annum for 
the principal teacher, a grant not exceeding £60 per annum for 
each assistant teacher. 

All the above-mentioned grants shall be supplemented by an 
equal account from local sources, in which amount may be reckoned 
a sum, in whole or in part, approved of by the Superintendent- 
General of Education, given towards board and lodging, and to be 
regarded as part of salary. 

District Boarding Schools. 

The annual giants to a Boarding School shall not exceed £100 
towards the salary of the principal teacher, and £60 towards the 
salary of each assistant teacher. 

Mission Schools (Additional Regulation). 

That when the average attendance at a Mission School exceeds 
100 children, an annual grant in addition to £75 will be available 
for teachers' salaries, provided that for every pound so given, 20s. 
are contributed locally, the maximum for each additional 100 
children not to exceed £40. 

• 

Private Fan// Schools. 

The capitation grants to be- paid for Children who. after 
examination, have passed the Standards of Elementary instructions 
to be as follows : — 

For a pass in the 1st (lowest) Standard £0 10 
„ „ 2nd „ 15 

., „ 3rd „ 10 



it 



4th or (higher) „ 1 5 



No grants payable on account of the attendance and attain- 
ments of the children taught, and on account of allowances for 
indigent boarders (at the rate of not exceeding £12 per annum), 
shall exceed in the aggregate Forty pounds per annum on one 
Farm. 



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